#309 | March Q&A: Uterine Rupture Risk; Weaning without Guilt; Home Birth Laws; Timeframes for Placental Birth; Precipitous Birth; Botox and Nursing

Down to Birth

Cynthia Overgard & Trisha Ludwig

Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum, Midwives, Alternative Health, Home Birth, Society & Culture, Newborn, Documentary, Hypnobirthing, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Breastfeeding, Pregnant, Birth, Maternity, Motherhood

4.8 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Cynthia and Trisha are back with the March Q&A episode! This one kicks off with a fun discussion on things that our Instagram followers think people should know but don’t—like how, when you say you’re eating a kiwi, you’re actually referring to either a kiwi bird or, worse, a person from New Zealand! In today’s Q&A episode, we answer these questions: Do I need to schedule a cesarean at 40 weeks if I’m planning a VBAC? My OB says I do.How do I know when it’s time to wean from breastfee...

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0:00.0	There's a midwifery group there who said, look, we have options. One is to do this over the
0:08.9	state line because apparently there it is legal. Births should always be legal. This is the part I
0:15.2	just can't believe. But there was an interesting thing on that website. You can also retain us for all
0:19.8	your prenatal care and plan a hospital birth. And I thought, oh, that's clever language. But what do you say to the woman who feels guilty? There's always something we're going to feel guilty about in parenting. We're going to feel guilty if we go back to work. We're going to feel guilty if we're we're we're we're we're going to feel guilty maybe if we're not working. We're going to feel guilty if we put our
0:37.8	kids in daycare. There's always something that mothers are going to feel guilty about. So we just
0:43.4	have to focus on what is going to make us our best selves, because when we can bring our best
0:49.8	selves into motherhood, then we're giving our child the best possible thing.
0:56.8	I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypniburthing of Connecticut, childbirth advocate, and
1:01.6	postpartum support specialist. And I'm Tresha Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international
1:07.6	board certified lactation consultant. And this is the Down to Birth podcast.
1:14.5	Childbirth is something we're made to do,
1:16.9	but how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience in today's medical culture?
1:21.5	Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.
1:32.5	Thank you. down to birth. Grab your last sip before we say, welcome to the March Q&A.
1:40.3	Did you say it?
1:41.5	I just said it.
1:42.7	Okay.
1:43.2	Did you get your last sip?
2:03.3	You got your last sip? I got my last sip of tea. All right. Okay. Welcome to the March Q&A, 2025. Hi. Hello. We asked a question on Instagram. We want to share the answers. All right. Do you remember what it was? I sure do. And we got some great answers. And I'm looking forward to sharing them. It was a great question. Yeah, it was. All right. The question was,
2:10.2	what's something you wish everyone knew about? What's something you wish that everyone knew that they don't?
2:17.3	Something like that. Something like that.
2:18.4	Something like that.
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